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Friends and Colleagues Remember Galen Berry, Ph.D
July 9, 2008
Friends and colleagues of the Minnesota Academy of Audiology fondly remembered Galen Berry, Ph.D, who unexpectedly passed away on June 29th, 2008. Galen Berry, Ph.D was one of the pioneers in the auto... Read More
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Better Hearing & Speech Month Resolutions Introduced in Congress
July 9, 2008
At ASHA's urging, both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate have introduced legislation supporting the goals and recognition of Better Hearing and Speech Month. House Concurrent Resolution (H.... Read More
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A RIC in a Class of Its Own: Micro-Tech Launches Curve™ with BluWave™ Signal Processing
July 8, 2008
Curve is an all new receiver-in-the-canal (RIC) instrument that offers best-in-class features based on extensive research and clinical evidence. Curve with BluWave Signal Processing is a hearing solut... Read More
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Two Siemens Employees Head to Guatemala on a Mission
July 7, 2008
It was a Saturday when they met in a Houston airport, 45 trunks filled with medical supplies in tow, all bound for Guatemala City, Guatemala. The flight was uneventful followed by a 40-minute bus driv... Read More
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Practice Made Perfect! Before & After Oticon's Practice Makeover
July 7, 2008
Lobby/Waiting Area - Before Lobby/Waiting Area - After Oticon has taken the proven expertise it has used for more than 100 years in creating innovative hearing technologies and understanding the proce... Read More
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Non-Profits Team Together to Serve Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community Canine Companions for Independence Announces Collaboration with The San Francisco SPCA
July 7, 2008
Canine Companions for Independence® (CCI) and The San Francisco SPCA (The SF/SPCA) have formed an alliance to work together on providing Hearing Dogs to those who are deaf or hard of hearing. The... Read More
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AudiologyOnline Takes You Around the Web in 60 Seconds! - Vol.4, No. 7
July 7, 2008
AudiologyOnline uses the latest in internet scanning and retrieval technology to find hearing health-related news and web sites from around the world. This information is then compiled and summarized... Read More
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Montgomery County Executive Isaiah Leggett Visits Representatives from ASHA and TLC
July 6, 2008
Montgomery County Executive Isaiah Leggett visited with representatives from TLC—The Treatment & Learning Centers and The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) on Wednesday, May 29... Read More
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Beltone Holds Annual Meeting in Monterey
July 6, 2008
Company Honors Distinguished Hearing Care Practitioners Announces World's First-Ever Automatic Smart Beam Steering Hearing Aid Each year hearing care practitioners from around the world gather at Belt... Read More
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AFA/ESCO Award Au.D. Scholarship
July 5, 2008
California audiologist Rima Z. Baumberger has won a 2008 Audiology Foundation of America (AFA) postcard scholarship to pursue Au.D. distance education. ESCO sponsored the postcard and Baumberger's $1,... Read More
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New Children's Book about Cochlear Implants Now Available
July 3, 2008
Abby Gets a Cochlear Implant" Speaks to Children about CI Experience A new children's picture book, "Abby Gets a Cochlear Implant" was released at the American Academy of Audiology's "Audiology NOW!"... Read More
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Sonova Invests 40 Million Swiss Francs in New High-Tech Production Facility
July 2, 2008
Sonova is expanding capacities for the manufacture and engineering of its innovative hearing systems at its headquarters in Stäfa, Switzerland. In doing so, the Group is investing in further grow... Read More
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Ear Infections Linked to Passive Smoking
July 2, 2008
A new report from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found a strong link between childhood ear infections and exposure to tobacco smoke. The results are published in the latest e... Read More
Research
The Consumer Handbook on Tinnitus
July 1, 2008
Auricle Ink Publishers announces release of The Consumer Handbook on Tinnitus (Richard S. Tyler, PhD, Editor) May 1, 2008. Anyone who suffers from persistent ringing or noises in their ears will be in... Read More
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Best in Class(Room) - Oticon Pediatrics Amigo R12 Features Compact Size and Compatibility with Most FM Systems
July 1, 2008
Oticon Pediatrics introduces the Oticon Amigo R12, the first FM solution that operates on a 312 battery to enable small hearing devices, including Oticon Epoq, Vigo Pro and Vigo, to retain their cosme... Read More
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Unitron Hearing Opens Regional Office in Spain
June 30, 2008
Local Office to provide direct sales and customer support Unitron Hearing, a Canadian-based global provider of high-value, innovative hearing solutions, today announced that it has opened a company of... Read More
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UTMB Links Common Cold, Ear Infections
June 30, 2008
A new five-year study at the University of Texas Medical Branch confirms the suspected close link between the two most common diseases of young children: colds and ear infections. The study, which app... Read More
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ASHA, CEA to Continue Collaboration on Public Education Campaign
June 29, 2008
Coinciding with May's Better Hearing and Speech Month, the Rockville, MD based American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) of Arlington, VA have... Read More
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AARP Highlights Hearing Aids - Again and Well
June 29, 2008
Continuing its focus on new hearing aid technologies and user benefits, AARP has highlighted both in the May issue of "AARP Bulletin Today" Enjoy Daniel Cardwell, an engineer from Summit, N.J., knew h... Read More
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BHI Leadership Expands
June 28, 2008
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) takes great pleasure in announcing the election of as Vice President of the Institute and as a new BHI director. In announcing the new officer and director, BHI Pres... Read More
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